Quarantined Part 2! Free Websites for Educational fun

Welcome! This is Part 2 Of my Quarantined series. If you missed the first one, Here is the link https://angelikasworld.music.blog/2020/03/18/tips-to-keep-you-sane-while-under-quarantine-with-kids/

Today we will be giving you Free websites that can aide in the Education of your kids while they are home from school. These websites have material in the following subjects; Animals, History, Math, Art, Reading, Space science, Health, and General studies. I encourage you to look through the list and enjoy the great amount of information they hold.

Websites for Educational fun

The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour! https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/

San Diego Zoo – Full Day Tour

Yellowstone National Park

Tour Yellowstone National Park! https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm

Explore Mars

Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/

Farm food 360

This Canadian site Farm Food 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.  https://www.farmfood360.ca/

FARMFOOD360° Trailer: A Tour of a Voluntary Milking System

Busy Toddler

Indoor Activities for busy toddlers https://busytoddler.com/2020/03/indoor-activities/?fbclid=IwAR3tYXAqw7tJRAzLExpPcJo4rApLsKtgL0AwghzxgnhwOajc4auX6o12_xw

Switch Zoo

Play games and learn all about animals https://switchzoo.com/

PBS Kids

Play with your favorite show characters and learn too https://pbskids.org/

Paris France

Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip.  https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

101 Facts About France

The World Fact Book France https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html

The Great Wall of China

This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life. https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china

National Geographic – The Great Wall of China – Documentary

Fun Facts about Great Wall: 25 Things You didn’t Know https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/facts/

Fun Brain

Math and Reading games  https://www.funbrain.com/

Star Fall

Phonics skills for Kindergarten through 3rd Graders https://www.starfall.com/h/

The British Museum

This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.  https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

Their youtube channel also has great educational videos as well.  https://www.youtube.com/user/britishmuseum

Seussville

Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss https://www.seussville.com/

The Lorax – Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

The Lorax (original) Dr. Seuss Film

Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat

The Cat In The Hat by Dr Seuss….HQ

Green Eggs And Ham

National Geographic

national geographic https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Math Score

Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry http://www.mathscore.com/

Story Online

Favorite kid’s books read by famous people https://www.storylineonline.net/

All Kids Network

Crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, etc. https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/

123 home school 4 me

300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from Toddlers to Teens https://www.123homeschool4me.com/home-school-free-printables/

Chemistry Matters

High school chemistry topics https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/articles-by-topic.html

ABCYA

Math and reading games https://www.abcya.com/

Arcademics

Math and language games https://www.arcademics.com/

Highlights Kids

This website provides; Fun games, recipes, crafts, and activities. https://www.highlightskids.com/

Big History Project

Online history classes for all ages preteen through adults https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive

Biology Simulations

Biology Simulations helps students to learn about biology and practice data analysis skills. These simulations allow students to experiment with concepts that may take too much time or too many resources to complete in a traditional science lab setting. While simulations cannot replace real-world experiences, they are a useful tool in both scientific research and education. https://www.biologysimulations.com/

Bunk History

This website provides a Digital Archive of History  https://www.bunkhistory.org/

BWS

This website provides you with; Test Prep for SAT, ACT, and Guidelines.  https://www.bwseducationconsulting.com/handouts.php

Can figure it Geometry

This website provides Geometry help. https://www.canfigureit.com/

Chrome Music Lab

What is Chrome Music Lab? https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments

Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.

What can it be used for?

Many teachers have been using Chrome Music Lab as a tool in their classrooms to explore music and its connections to science, math, art, and more. They’ve been combining it with dance and live instruments. Here’s a collection of some uses we’ve found on Twitter.

Can I use it to make my own songs?

Yes. Check out the Song Maker experiment, which lets you make and share your own songs.

Do I need to make an account?

Nope. Just open any experiment and start playing.

Hippo Campus

HippoCampus.org is a free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content–videos, animations, and simulations–on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers and college professors, and their students, free of charge. Teachers project HippoCampus content during classroom learning and assign it for computer labs and homework. Students use the site in the evenings for study and exam prep. Users do not need to register or log in to use the site.

As an open resource for personalized learning, HippoCampus.org was designed as part of a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone. HippoCampus is powered by The NROC Project, a non-profit, member-driven project focused on new models of digital content development, distribution, and use. NROC makes editorial and digital engineering investments in the content to prepare it for distribution by HippoCampus. https://hippocampus.org/

Carmen Sandiego

Carmen Sandiego provides; videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas. You can even download the material in PDF’s to go over with your kids. https://www.carmensandiego.com/resources/

Shel Silverstein Poems 

21 Short and Sweet Shel Silverstein Poems That’ll Bring You Back to Childhood. https://www.harpercollins.com/childrens/shel-silverstein-poems/

Free Yale Lectures

Yale Courses on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses/playlists

Music Theory

Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators.  https://www.musictheory.net/

NPGF

Scads of free resources, games, learning resources, and lesson plans for teaching personal finance  https://www.ngpf.org/

Nitro Type

Improve your typing skills while competing in fast-paced races with up to 5 typers from around the world. https://www.nitrotype.com/

Project Explorer

Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12 https://www.projectexplorer.org/

Science Education for Public understanding Program

SEPUP (The Science Education for Public Understanding Program) creates innovative science curriculum for use in 6-12 education. Issue-oriented science forms the core of SEPUP’s curriculum materials. Every unit uses personal and societal issues to provide thematic continuity for student investigations and observations. SEPUP is part of UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science. Our materials are exclusively distributed by LAB-AIDS, INC. https://sepuplhs.org/

Code Academy

This website teaches you how to build Computer Code. https://www.codecademy.com/

Chemicool learn Periodic Table

Learn all about the periodic table. https://www.chemicool.com/

The Story Starter

The Story Starter randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters. This idea generator can be used by novelists, screenwriters, teachers, short story writers, and more. It has been used by writers of all ages. https://thestorystarter.com/

Bio Digital

A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways. https://human.biodigital.com/login?returnUrl=/dashboard

I hope this post has provided you with the Educational resources that you needed. If you enjoyed this post, please feel free to; Like, Share, Comment, and Subscribe. I hope to see you soon!

Tips to keep you sane while under Quarantine with kids

This will be a 3 part series

This series starts with” Staying sane while under Quarantine”.

Pages reference  Key

Page 1 will include: Relaxation Music, Online books websites, Audio Books, Crafts, Boredom Busters, free Online Games, and Podcasts.

Page 2: Cartoons Movies for kids to watch with times,

Page 3: Old school TV shows

Page 4: OLD SCHOOL CARTOONS!

As American schools close, us parents are suddenly faced with the challenge of keeping our children occupied at home. This can be quite a struggle I know. Seeing as though my youngest is now 16 years old, I have been there. I will give you my Tricks in hopes that it will help your day go by with less stress. This post will ease the pain just a little bit. We will give you; tried and approved activities for the kids, Online books to read, Audio books, Movies, Cartoons, TV Shows, and more. 

The movies, Cartoons, and TV shows we have selected are from the 40-80’s. We tried to get something that they probably have not seen. This might help keep them watching entertained. We hope that the efforts we went through in putting this post together, will ease your suffering.  So, lets get started!

Relaxation Music

Relaxation music for kids

Relaxing Disney Piano Music 1hr 16 min run time

Disney Piano Collection 2020 – Disney Piano Medley For Studying And Sleeping

2 hrs 29 minutes run time

Relaxation Music for Adults

10 most relaxing songs according to science

Relaxation Music I chill to

Reading can take you on Adventures

Online books websites

Websites with Free Online Books for Kids https://www.online-tech-tips.com/cool-websites/7-websites-with-free-online-books-for-kids/

Storyline Online https://www.storylineonline.net/

International Children’s Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Open Library https://openlibrary.org/

Mrs. P’s Magic Library http://mrsp.com/

Fun Brain https://www.funbrain.com/books

Library of Congress http://read.gov/kids/

Read works https://www.readworks.org/

Audio Books

Kids Audio Books

127 videos

Diary of A Wimpy Kid Series

65 videos

Audiobooks for Kids (And Young Adults)

19 videos

When you’re stuck at home with the kids and have nothing to do, don’t despair! It’s easier than you think to grab the crayons, glue, glitter, and paint and let their creativity shine. The more art supplies you have the better!

Website from the picture https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/crafts-for-kids/

These 50 Fun Activities for Kids Will Keep Them Entertained for Hours https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/craft-ideas/how-to/g1389/diy-kids-activities/

Here are some ways to beat Boredom while you are home.

Boredom Busters: 110 Fun At-Home Activities for Families & Kids https://familyeguide.com/boredom-busters-110-fun-at-home-activities-for-families-kids-2/

Scavenger Hunt:

Have a PJ Party

Create a movie or play

Have a talent show

Learn a Line Dance

Practice tongue twisters

Hide and Seek

Play cards (Crazy 8s, War, Rummy)

Build a fort

Learn sign language

Learn sign Language for free http://www.signlanguage101.com/

Play charades

Play Hangman

Online Hangman game https://hangmanwordgame.com/?fca=1&success=0#/

Another online Hangman website https://www.hangmanwords.com/play

Play Tic-Tac-Toe

Single player https://playtictactoe.org/

Multiplayer https://www.agame.com/game/tic-tac-toe-

Play free Online Games

Arcade Games https://www.arkadium.com/free-online-games/

Mixed type of Games https://www.freeonlinegames.com/

Play Retro Games https://www.retrogames.cz/index.php

Super Mario Games free online

Puff Games http://www.puffgames.com/super_mario_games.html

NES Mario Game https://www.retrogames.cz/play_005-NES.php?language=EN&fbclid=IwAR0xd8RXwFjajr3LSZg6POEK2lh2T–78BB7Dk_w1wVVXcj2sDxILEbjOHc

Make a time capsule

How to create a Time Capsule of Family Memories https://divaofdiy.com/create-diy-time-capsule/

Draw a letter, word, or picture (With your fingers) on your friend’s back and have them guess what you drew.

Play “I Spy”

I spy is a guessing game where one player (the spy or it) chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that “I spy with my little eye, something beginning with…”, naming the first letter of the object. Other players attempt to guess this object.

 Play Where’s Waldo

Where’s Waldo Book pages https://imgur.com/gallery/8exqx

Podcasts

free podcasts https://www.iheart.com/podcast/category/popular-82/

Wow in the World Podcast youtube channel

website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQKEbFpuq4wQqi27AvkC6g

The past and the Curious

website http://thepastandthecurious.com/

what if world podcast episodes